It is an awesome feeling to know that you have learned something.  Not just memorized or shoved into your head to be remembered in a couple days then forgotten, but to actually learn something.  It is very empowering to know that I learned something that I can teach and explain to others.  The best part of all of this is that the things that I learned where about math.  Math, the previously dreaded subject that haunted dreams and gave me endless headaches.  I learned math!  I can problem shoot in a program that I'd never used before, and I can use math to do that.  I feel really good abut leaving this class with knowledge that I will retain and also use.
I went to Lakeside for the Native American circle of life.  I met several people had the chance to hear some amazing stories of life while I was there.  One woman in particular was Joyce.  She had been a teacher and her husband had been a pilot in the war for the air force.  We talked for a long time about this because I have many friends in the air force.  She had been a schoolteacher for many years.  I am going to school to become teacher so we had a lot to talk about and a lot in common.
I am looking forward to being a TA for this class next semester and helping in other people learn the power of math.  I have also grown a lot spiritually.  Our class has been through a lot together.  We were together during the Sept. 11th terrorist attack and the more recent plane crash.  I have learned a lot about the people in my class and their beliefs and feelings.  I have not had the opportunity to connect so closely with the people in my other classes.  I have gotten to know a few of the students outside of class also.  For instance, Matt, Carina, Sandra, and Ryan.  I don't have hardly any friends on campus yet and so these few people are very valuable to me.  I feel like I have bonded with them.
As for math all the things that I learned would take up 20 pages of paper if not more.  Many of the things that I learned I remembered learning in high school but not understanding.  The clarification of the meanings and reasons behind the math really helped me grasp the concepts to the fullest.  I leave this class with a different look on math and a different spin on life.  I just hope that my next math class will prove to be as wonderful as this one has been.  I look forward to another semester of expanding my knowledge in new and interesting ways and helping others do the same.  My goal of knowledge s endless and I will always be yearning to learn, understand and reach for more.

Thanks you